I could also get an i7 but the Delta in price isn't a huge amount and I want the best setup I can get. Currently have a really loaded Xeon Dell precision whose specs are killer but gives me nothing but CPU overload issues and non sense.

…with the software update it got a little better mainly due to the fans ramping up earlier…when you do video or gaming then i9 + the new vega gpu should be the best option, but for music tasks i would go for the „lightest“ gpu to save power…